I hear what both of you guys are saying, but the fact of the matter was that we HAD another series to play. Yeah, Amart's OT winner against the hawx was exciting! But we won the series, not the cup. Could you imagine if we lost in the finals??? Who's going to care about us defeating the hawx, if we lost in the finals?
For me, anytime a SC finals goes into an OT, it's one of the most exciting events in sports. So, for Amart to close it out the way he did, it was the ultimate high! It was even more exciting than our first cup, because it was in OT.
The question was favorite moment, not most exciting. Those can be two different things.
I'm not going to say that whoever won between Chicago and LA was going to win the Cup, at least from the Kings point of view, since the Kings had to win 3 games in OT, all 3 at home, and the Rangers had leads in all 3 games. The Kings didn't roll over the Rangers. However, if the Kings had taken out the Hawks in 5 games, that Chicago series may not feel quite the same.
Most exciting moment for me? The OT in Game 5 against the Rangers. 4 posts, chances back and forth, Kings can win the Cup, the Rangers are playing for their season, and the Kings ultimately win the game and the Cup. The crowd is chanting we want the Cup as the play and goal is happening. You can't top that for
excitement.
Favorite moment though? The Kings taking out the Hawks. Just too much history between the two teams. Last 2 Cup winners. Met the year before. 7th game goes OT. Etc, etc. People saying it's one of the great playoff series in recent memory.
Does it feel different if the Kings don't win the next series? Maybe. Probably. Can still look back on that Kings/Leafs series in 1993 without taking the Final into account though.